and in between Luxor and Aswan, is Esna, a city filled with thousands of years worth of Egyptian heritage. Of particular interest here is the Temple of Esna, also known as the Temple of Khnum ...

The Temple of Esna in Luxor was dedicated to the Egyptian god of fertility Khnum and the astrological motifs were unusual for ...

Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier says he has identified seven sets of crypto-hieroglyphs on the 75-foot-tall structure, which ...

Why in-the-know travelers are flocking to a chic hideaway in Luxor, once the capital of ancient Egypt.

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...

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The next day, we went to Giza to see the pyramids as well as the Sphinx. It was so surreal to be in the vicinity of both of ...

Though additions to the Temple of Luxor were made by many of Egypt's pharaohs (Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Hatshepsut, to name a few), the bulk of this ancient structure was created in the 14th ...

Discovered in the Ramesseum of Luxor the House of Life, a school inside the temple. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt An Egyptian-French archaeological mission has made a series of ...

Getting to the Temple of Hatshepsut, which is located about 17 miles northwest of Luxor on the West Bank, requires driving, hailing a taxi or taking a bus tour. Local tour operators that offer ...

Some of the greatest monuments on any tour of Egypt bear his stamp: Abu Simbel, Karnak and Luxor Temples, the Ramesseum, and many others. He also commissioned the largest monolithic statue ever ...